Unit+4+Romanticism+and+Transcendentalism

=//The American Writer’s Journey: The Origin and Interpretation of Higher Truths//= = = ==Essential Questions for the Collection of writings depicting American Romanticism and Transcendentalism [Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman]==
 * What is Romanticism?
 * How does the way people think change and shift over the time periods of a society? Why does this happen?
 * What is Transcendentalism?
 * What is the origin of truth and how do we interpret truth?
 * Why is discernment critical in the interpretation of what is true?
 * What is the relationship between humanity and nature?
 * What is the relationship between God and man?
 * Does God exist in each of us?
 * How is transcendentalism related to Hinduism?
 * Why does man seek truth out and embark on a quest for truth and what happens when man seeks to find truth a part from God?
 * What does the Romanticist and the Transcendentalist reveal about humanity?
 * What is relatable or appealing to readers about these writers and their writing?

Unit Materials




Washington Irving Texts and Materials
Questions for Rip Van Winkle
 * On Level: Rip Van Winkle [Part 1: pages 1-5 / Part 2: pages 6-9]**

[|The Devil and Tom Walker]
 * Honors: The Devil and Tom Walker [Part 1: pages 1-7 / Part 2: pages 8-14]**

Questions for The Devil and Tom Walker [|The Devil and Tom Walker Questions]

Transcendentalism Notes and Writers




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Dark Romantics [Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne]


[Part One: pages 1-4] [Part Two: pages 5-8] [Part Three: pages 9-12] [Part One: pages 1-6] [Part Two: pages 7-12]

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